1. MIAR 2001: Hong Kong, China

• Foreword.
  
• Workshop Committees.
  

Session I Intervention & Surgical Planning

• Jyoti Shah, Ara Darzi:
  Simulation and Skills Assessment. 5-9
  
• L. K. Cheung, M. C. M. Wong, L. L. S. Wong:
  The Applications of Stereolithography in Facial Reconstructive Surgery. 10-15
  
• Frederic Devernay, Fabien Mourgues, Ève Coste-Manière:
  Towards Endoscopic Augmented Reality for Robotically Assisted Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. 16-20
  
• Zou Qingsong, Chee-Keong Kwoh, Wan Sing Ng:
  Interactive Surgical Planning Using Context Based Volume Visualization Techniques. 21-25
  
• Charles Sim, Wan Sing Ng, Ming Yeong Teo, Yong-Chong Loh, Tseng-Tsai Yeo:
  Image-Guided Manipulator Compliant Surgical Planning Methodology for Robotic Skull-Base Surgery. 26-
  

Session II Ultra-fast Imaging & Intervention

• Stephen J. Riederer, Reed F. Busse, Roger C. Grimm, David G. Kruger, Phillip J. Rossman:
  Recent Developments in Real-Time MRI Techniques and Applications. 33-38
  
• Lambertus W. Bartels, Chris J. G. Bakker, C. Bos, Remko van der Weide, Max A. Viergever:
  MR Guidance of Vascular Interventions. 39-43
  
• Yi Wang:
  Real-Time Navigator Approach to Motion Problems in Coronary MRA. 44-
  

Session III Adaptive & Functional Imaging in Cardiovascular MR

• Jennifer Keegan, Peter Gatehouse, Permi Jhooti, David N. Firmin, Guang-Zhong Yang:
  Flow and Motion: Implications on Cardiac MR. 53-60
  
• Sharmeen Masood, G. N. Estcourt, Guang-Zhong Yang, Peter Gatehouse, David N. Firmin:
  Virtual Tagging for Analysing Cardiac Deformation. 61-66
  
• Jennifer Keegan, Peter Gatehouse, Guang-Zhong Yang, David N. Firmin:
  Subject-specific Motion Correction Factors for Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography. 67-71
  
• Hugo G. Bogren, Michael H. Buonocore:
  Four-D Blood Flow Patterns in the Thoracic Aorta in Patients with CAD Compared to Age-Matched Normal Subjects. 72-
  

Session IV Visualization & Augmented Reality

• Xavier Pennec, Nicholas Ayache, Alexis Roche, Pascal Cachier:
  Non-Rigid MR/US Registration for Tracking Brain Deformations. 79-86
  
• Wieslaw Lucjan Nowinski, Chee-Kong Chui:
  Simulation of Interventional Neuroradiology Procedures. 87-94
  
• Jiao-Ying Shi, Li-Xia Yan:
  Deformation and Cutting in Virtual Surgery. 95-102
  
• Tianmiao Wang, Da Liu, Lei Hu, Hongbo Lv, Zingang Wang, Zesheng Tang: A Simulation and Training Systems of Robot Assisted Surgery Based on Virtual Reality. 103-

Session V Computational Simulation & Modelling

• Daisuke Mori, Takami Yamaguchi:
  Construction of the CFD Model of the Aortic Arch based on MR Images and Simulation of the Blood Flow. 111-116
  
• Kaihuai Qin, Huawei Wang, Denggao Li, Ron Kikinis, Michael Halle:
  Physics-Based Subdivision Surface Modeling for Medical Imaging and Simulation. 117-124
  
• Maria Andréia F. Rodrigues, Duncan Fyfe Gillies, P. Charters:
  Realistic Deformable Models for Simulating the Tongue during Laryngoscopy. 125-130
  
• Yoko Kato, Takeo Matsumoto, Kiichiro Kumagai, Hiroji Akimoto, Koichi Tabayashi, Masaaki Sato:
  Development of a Method to Construct Three-Dimensional Finite Element Models of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms from MRI Images. 131-136
  
• Evgeny Gladilin, Stefan Zachow, Peter Deuflhard, Hans-Christian Hege:
  A Biomechanical Model for Soft Tissue Simulation in Craniofacial Surgery. 137-144
  

Session VI Image Processing & Reconstruction

• Zhi-Pei Liang:
  Generalized Series Dynamic Imaging. 145-156
  
• Robert D. Merrifield, Jennifer Keegan, David N. Firmin, Guang-Zhong Yang:
  A Novel Imaging Strategy for Structural Segmentation of the Left Ventricle. 157-162
  
• Gabriel de Dietrich:
  A Modular Algorithm for Automatic Slice Positioning in Tubular Organs. 163-176
  
• Francis K. H. Quek, Cemil Kirbas, Fady T. Charbel:
  AIM: An Attentionally-Based System for the Interpretation of Angiography. 168-173
  
• Chi Kin Chow, Hung-Tat Tsui, Tong Lee, Tze Kin Lau:
  Medical Image Registration and Model Construction Using Genetic Algorithms. 174-
  

Session VII Image Segmentation & Understanding

• Albert K. W. Law, Hui Zhu, Francis K. Lam, Francis H. Y. Chan, Brent C. B. Chan, P. P. Iu:
  Tumor Boundary Extraction in Multislice MR Brain Images Using Region and Contour Deformation. 183-187
  
• Weiqiang Liu, Peihua Shen, Yingge Qu, Deshen Xia:
  Fast Algorithm of Support Vector Machines in Lung Cancer Diagnosis. 188-192
  
• Bin Lee, Jia-yong Yan, Tian-ge Zhuang:
  A Dynamic Programming Based Algorithm for Optimal Edge Detection in Medical Images. 193-198
  
• Fuhua Chen, Jun Xie, Hong Zhang, Deshen Xia:
  A Technique Based on Wavelet and Morphology Transform to Recognize the Cancer Cell in Pleural Effusion. 199-203
  
• Hongchuan Yu, Dejun Wang, Zesheng Tang:
  Level Set Methods and Image Segmentation. 204-
  

Session VIII Posters

• Chunping Liu, Ling Kong, Wen Zhong, Jin Zhu, Deshen Xia:
  Multi-Information Fusion Based Tumor Cell of Bone Marrow Involvement. 211-215
  
• Bin Lee, Tian-ge Zhuang:
  Adopt Adaptive B-Spline to Embellish Contours in Image Segmentation. 216-221
  
• Anil Rao, Duncan Gillies:
  Vortex Segmentation from Cardiac MR 2D Velocity Images Using Region Growing about Vortex Centres. 222-225
  
• Zhao Zhang, Randy H. Moss, William V. Stoecker:
  A Novel Morphological Operator to Calculate Euler Number. 226-228
  
• Francis K. H. Quek, Cemil Kirbas:
  Simulated Wave Propagation and Traceback in Vascular Extraction. 229-234
  
• Reiko Minamikawa-Tachino, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Yumi Yamaguchi, Issei Fujishiro:
  Voxel Stuffing: High-Quality Volume Interpolation from Multiple Sequences of Cross-Sectional Images. 235-240
  
• Toshiaki Kondo, S. H. Ong, J. H. Chuah, Kelvin W. C. Foong:
  Robust Arch Detection and Tooth Segmentation in 3D Images of Dental Plaster Models. 241-246
  
• Wei-Min Jeng, David J. Yang:
  A Component-Based Parallel PET Image Reconstruction Visual System. 247-252
  
• Hongyuan Wang, Shenggen Zeng, Chengang Yu, Xiaogang Wang, Deshen Xia:
  The Researches of Microscopic Image Segmentation and Recognition on the Cancer Cells Fallen into Peritoneal Effusion. 253-258
  
• Yong-Chong Loh, Ming Yeong Teo, Wan Sing Ng, Charlie Sim, Qing Song Zou, Tseng-Tsai Yeo, Yih Yian Sitoh:
  Surgical Planning System with Real-Time Volume Rendering. 259-261
  
• Andres Anobile Perez, Adilson Gonzaga, Jose Marcos Alves:
  Segmentation and Analysis of Leg Ulcers Color Images. 262-266
  
• Jianxin Gao, Guang-Zhong Yang, Zuquan Ding:
  3-D Element Generation for Multi-Connected Complex Dental and Mandibular Structure. 267-271
  
• Alan Wee-Chung Liew, Hong Yan:
  An Adaptive Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm for Medical Image Segmentation. 272-277
  
• R. Moller, R. Zeipelt:
  Automatic Segmentation of 3D-MRI Data Using a Genetic Algorithm. 278-281
  
• Tomoaki Hayasaka, Hao Liu, Ryutaro Himeno, Takami Yamaguchi:
  A MRI Based Semi-Automatic Modeling System for Computational Biomechanics Simulation. 282-285
  
• Lisheng Wang, Tien-Tsin Wong, Pheng-Ann Heng, Jack Chun, Yiu Cheng:
  Template-Matching Approach to Edge Detection of Volume Data. 286-291
  
• Yim-Pan Chui, Pheng-Ann Heng:
  Enhancing View Consistency in Collaborative Medical Visualization Systems Using Predictive-Based Attitude Estimation. 292-297
  
• Jianyun Chai, Jian Sun, Zesheng Tang:
  Hybrid FEM for Deformation of Soft Tissues in Surgery Simulation. 298-